Introduction to UAICP
UAICP is the Universal Agent Integrity & Control Protocol.
UAICP defines a reliability contract for agentic workflows so systems are:
- evidence-gated
- verification-driven
- policy-controlled
- auditable
UAICP is framework-neutral and model-neutral.
What UAICP Is
- a protocol contract for reliable orchestration
- schemas for envelope, evidence, and verification outputs
- conformance expectations for runtime behavior
- a decoupled reliability layer that sits under existing frameworks
What UAICP Is Not
- a replacement for existing agent frameworks
- a model provider
- a promise of autonomous correctness without verification
Operational Risk Coverage
UAICP addresses production risks that become acute in regulated and high-impact workflows:
- no silent hallucination in final outputs
- no unverified delivery when evidence is missing
- no high-risk write action without policy and approval requirements
- no black-box execution without replayable audit context
Core Reliability Outcome
UAICP systems must produce outputs that are either:
- correct, with required evidence and verification, or
- explicitly uncertain, with reason codes and no unsafe side effects